Cry for Me (The Weeknd song)

"Cry for Me"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Hurry Up Tomorrow
Released	January 31, 2025
Length	3:44
Label	XO Republic
Songwriter(s)	Abel Tesfaye Michael Dean Leland Wayne Ahmad Balshe Erdem Özler William Curtis Kellee Patterson
Producer(s)	The Weeknd Mike Dean Metro Boomin Erdem Özler

"Cry for Me" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was released through XO and Republic Records as the second track from his sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, on January 31, 2025. The song was produced by the Weeknd himself, Mike Dean, Metro Boomin, and Erdem Özler, with all five of them having wrote it alongside Belly, William Curtis, and Kellee Patterson.

Composition and lyrics

"Cry for Me" is composed of distorted synthesizers and drums that are very hard-hitting before it ends with a trap-influenced outro.[1] On the song, the Weeknd says that he feels trapped in a "penthouse prison" as he expresses his internal feelings of pain and suffering.[2][3] Carl Lamarre of Billboard ranked "Cry for Me" as the ninth best song on the album as he felt that "The Weeknd's vulnerability is palpable as he positions Hurry Up Tomorrow as his swan song" and "he leans into his mortality and departure, realizing it may be too late to resuscitate his relationship".[4]

References

1. "Hurry Up Tomorrow By The Weeknd: Album Review". January 31, 2025.
2. Levine, Nick (January 31, 2025). "The Weeknd – 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' review: stadium-filling superstar prepares to move on". NME. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
3. Hodgkinson, Will (January 31, 2025). "The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow review — strangely suppressed and anaesthetised". The Times. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
4. Saponara, Michael; Lamarre, Carl (January 31, 2025). "Every Song From The Weeknd's 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Album Ranked: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2025.